St Martins Churchyard - East Looe, Cornwall, UK. - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

St Martins a Medieval Church - Built on the site of an older church, the only remains still evident of the earlier church building, is the Stone Norman arch over the main entrance door, and the Font.
It would have been normal in ancient & medieval times for burials to take place in unmarked graves. It is probable that thousands have been buried in this church yard, if you think of 20 to 50 souls per year being interred for 700 to 1000 years. That's a lot of unmarked graves, many of the older headstones from the 18th Century are lined up all around the boundary of the church.

ST MARTIN'S PARISH CHURCH. "St. Martin's Road, East Looe. Under the brow of the hill sheltered from the wind off the sea, stands St. Martin 's Church, cruciform in shape, built of local stone and roofed with slate. The Church has a fine tower with a peal of six bells. The well proportioned Norman doorway with its deep mouldings probably dates from about 1140. The interior of the Church is of a typically 15 th century appearance with chancel, nave, south aisle and two transepts, but parts of the building are much older." Text source: (visit link)

From the church web site:
"Dedicated to St. Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier who cut his cloak in half to give to a beggar, St. Martin’s Church, East Looe, is predominantly a medieval building.

It does have surviving vestiges of earlier Norman stonework still visible in its fabric, the most obvious of which is the doorframe surrounding the North door.

Any remains of an earlier church building, that is thought to have existed on this site, have long since vanished.

Inside, the building is typically 15th century in appearance, but it has obviously undergone many alterations and additions in its long history in order to accommodate different styles of worship and changing ecclesiastical fashions." Text source: (visit link)

Street address of Church:
St. Martin's Road, East Looe, Cornwall, UK.

Name of church or churchyard: St Martins Churchyard Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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